--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 11, 2006, at 2:47 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > Vaj said: They felt he was a "seller of > > the > >> Vedas" and thus destined for the deepest hell. Not the "saint" > > some > >> imagine... > >> Jim said: Emphasis on dogma can lead to all kinds of crazy ideas. Just look at > > the way the dharma of caste is often abused and misunderstood. Or > > the state of the Catholic Church. You seem to put way too much > > importance in titles. > > Vaj said: I think the sages who said that originally saw it as "cause and > effect". Charging for the path to liberation was not seen as a good > "cause" and therefore had some bad effects... > I can't imagine why this would cause bad effects. Even money comes from the same place everything else does...I suppose if they were caught up into the thinking that making money was somehow inconsistent with a spiritual life...I don't know, it seems silly to me, given that a service is being provided.
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